Synonyms of accomplishment

accomplishment

noun

ə-ˈkäm-plish-mənt 

1

as in success

a successful result brought about by hard work

our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover

Synonyms & Similar Words

• success
• achievement
• triumph
• attainment
• victory
• feat
• coup
• acquirement
• gain
• realization
• performance
• miracle
• baby
• a feather in one's cap
• skill
• win
• conquest
• completion
• winner
• hit
• deed
• execution
• fulfillment
• implementation
• culmination
• arrival
• blockbuster
• megahit
• fruition
• consummation
• jackpot
• smash

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failure
• mess
• disaster
• catastrophe
• nonachievement
• shambles
• muddle
• disappointment
• loss
• fiasco
• bust
• debacle
• setback
• washout
• flop
• botch
• letdown
• dud
• bummer
• cock-up
• fizzle

2

as in execution

the doing of an action

your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• execution
• fulfillment
• implementation
• achievement
• perpetration
• performance
• prosecution
• enactment
• discharge
• management
• pursuance
• application
• administration
• commission
• handling
• expedition
• direction
• practice
• operation
• dispatch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonperformance
• nonfulfillment

3

as in achievement

the state of being actual or complete

a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achievement
• realization
• success
• fulfillment
• attainment
• consummation
• triumph
• actualization
• fruition
• pass
• actuality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• naught
• failure
• defeat
• nonfulfillment
• fizzle
• nonsuccess

4

as in education

a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts

what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• education
• civilization
• culture
• refinement
• cultivation
• knowledge
• literacy
• learning
• manners
• polish
• scholarship
• elegance
• erudition
• intellectuality
• sophistication
• couth
• intellectualism
• cosmopolitanism
• breeding
• civility
• grace
• taste
• urbanity
• politeness
• gentility
• class
• courtesy
• genteelness
• courteousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• barbarism
• ignorance
• illiteracy
• philistinism
• parochialism
• rusticity
• provincialism
• barbarianism
• vulgarity
• crudeness
• coarseness
• boorishness
• unsophistication
• churlishness
• clownishness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accomplishment

Deployment is no longer the constraint, and that is a real accomplishment that gets lost in the ROI hand-wringing. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Warfighter of the Week is a command program in which the ship’s captain personally recognizes exemplary sailors selected by their leadership for their accomplishments. — Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2026

Despite placing seventh at the Commonwealth Games last month, Goodburn savored the accomplishment of making the final. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Nothing is topping that 2016 title or the sheer volume of LeBron’s statistics, but helping the Knicks end a 54-year streak would have been an accomplishment befitting James’ career. — Dan Woike, New York Times, 31 July 2026